National Museum of American History
OL RUTAE
17th-18th century
This blown and molded glass bottle with stopper has a baked enamel label marked, <i>OL RUTAE.</i> Oil of Rutae is made from the herb <i>Ruta graveolens</i> more commonly known as Rue. The leaves of the herb are distilled in alcohol and used as a stimulant, an antispasmodic, for convulsions and hysteria, and as an abortifacient, to induce a miscarriage.
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